Babylon 5 Fandom Update for 5 - 9 -2021
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universe_todayI update once every 2 weeks (or so) with fiction, challenges etc. Please feel free to contact me if I you have news or anything you think needs to be featured here. Just send me a PM at alexcat or post it to the update and I’ll include it the next time.
Still cool but the world is a sea of green here with grass and trees all in full color now. Flowers are blooming all around. This brings one negative – pollen to those of us with allergies! Fortunately, we have the perfect solution! Babylon 5 We are watching Season 4 now atb5_revisited. Hope over and join us there! Happy spring!
From The Long Night
“Remember what you see here today for it is the stuff of legends.”
Fanfic:
The Catalyst and the Spark by urisarang (Jeffrey Sinclair/Kosh, Mature).
Episode I: A Stirring of Ashes by proton104 (Star Wars, Babylon 5, Battlestar Galactica crossover, Mature).
in the night, afraid of what might be by spacebubble (G’Kar/Londo Mollari, Gen).
Shattered Anna by the stargate time traveller (K+).
The Time Loop of Babylon 4 by the stargate time traveller (K+).
BEHIND THE GLOVE SERIES by pallasite:
Another Attempt at Fixing Kevin Vacit’s Backstory (Teen and up).
UPDATED:
BREAKWATER by eusuchia (Franklin/G’kar, Teen and up).
The Human Minbari War by Chris Alexander the Bearded (K+).
Telepath Wolf (Season 2) by OriginalHealer (Susan/Talia, Teen and up).
Podfic:
Fandom is a city by cantarina (meta, Gen).
Fan comic:
Babylon 6 Episode 4: Driving Forces by Jameson9101322 (Various, Gen). Check it out! It’s a good story.
Fanart:
I am changing up the fanart selections since I use Deviantart for most of my art posts. For the foreseeable future I will feature one artist a week and maybe include a small sample of their work with a link.
G’Kar by Sycra.
Bio of the week:
Wayne Alexander appeared several times on Babylon 5 but his two most iconic roles were that of Sebastian in Comes the Inquisitor and Lorien in Season 4. He was a stage actor then made the switch to tv and movies. He did several other roles on B5 as well as some other tv shows. He was also a fight coordinator for the stage.
News and articles:
**Is Babylon 5 the Most Influential TV Show of the Past 25 Years?.
*Jessica Walter Dead at 80 Jessica Walter played senator Elise Voudreau on Season 2, Episode 6 - Spider in the Web
*Babylon 5 – The Extravaganza is a fan event on March 20, 2021.
*Babylon 5: Why the Sci-fi Series Ended with Season 5
*How to Watch B5 remastered online with or without HBO Max.
*Babylon 5 streaming on HBOMax These are the newly available ‘remastered’ B5 eps. I have read that the NEW is not new enough to spend a fortune on and I’ve read that it’s the greatest ever. Here is a comparison. Not going to subscribe to HBOMax or buy the digital versions from Amazon for $150.00 for this.
Communities and members:
***b5_revisited will begin rewatching Season 4 on April 5th. If you’d like to write the summary/lead the discussion for an episode – go here and sign up: at Dreamwidth OR at Livejournal.
***Episode 4 – Falling Toward Apotheosis and the Mirror is Here.
***Episode 5 – The Long Night and the Mirror is Here.
***medusa cascade is watching and commenting on Season 1 of Babylon 5. It’s her first watch.
*B5 Prompts on Tumblr is a good place to find story ideas.
*There is a Babylon 5 Discord server here: https://discord.gg/NAK4ywU with lots of chat about B5 and such.
*Babylon 5 Facebook Page: Come join us and start a conversation.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/1643505239288376/
Here is a list our communities at Dreamwidth - all posts are mirrored at from LJ to DW:
Babylon 5 Revisited
Babylon 5 Love
Universe Today
*NOTE* All announcements are posted at the mirror Livejournal communities as well.
Books:
**JMS has a novel coming out in July 2021 - Together We Will Go.
*JMS has a new book about writing coming out in June 2021 - Becomong a Writer, Staying a Writer.
* Beaming Up and Getting Off: Life Before and Beyond Star Trek.
*Lost (and Found) In Space by Bill Mumy and Angela Cartwright – A pictorial memoir
*Have You Seen My Country Lately?: America’s Wake-up Call by Jerry Doyle – similar in style to his radio show.
*Diplomatic Act by Peter Jurasik and William H. Keith, Jr. A novel about an actor playing an alien.
*Pleasure Thresholds by Patricia Tallman. She has updated this one and it is available for Here: https://www.questretreats.com/pleasure-thresholds-order/
*Frontier Earth by Bruce Boxleitner is a fiction aliens and cowboys tale.
*Claudia Christian’s Snack Hacks at Amazon.
*Becoming Superman: Get it at Amazon.
You can also buy the Audible version there OR the Cd version with Peter Jurasik reading it.
Fun things:
***Claudia Christian newsletter: Sign up here
If you have Facebook, ‘like’
*The Zocalo Today is a great place to read news and fun stuff from fans.***
*Babylon 5 Facebook Group is a fan group. It is quite busy, with over 17,000 members.***
*I have started a new Babylon 5 page at Facebook and we are eager to get new members.
Babylon 5 Fans and Friends is a new group. Come join us!
** May Birthdays**
Theodore Bikel - May 2
Michael O'Hare - May 6-- We miss you old friend
Stephen Furst - May 8
Melissa Gilbert-Boxleitner - May 8
Bruce Boxleitner - May 12
Andreas Katsulas - May 18
Andrea Thompson - May 22
Doug Wise - May 21
Douglas Netter - May 23
Paul Winfield - May 22
Roy Dotrice - May 26
Harlan Ellison - May 27
Send us your news~!
alexcat or post it to the update and I’ll include it the next time. Still cool but the world is a sea of green here with grass and trees all in full color now. Flowers are blooming all around. This brings one negative – pollen to those of us with allergies! Fortunately, we have the perfect solution! Babylon 5 We are watching Season 4 now at
b5_revisited. Hope over and join us there! Happy spring! From The Long Night
“Remember what you see here today for it is the stuff of legends.”
Fanfic:
The Catalyst and the Spark by urisarang (Jeffrey Sinclair/Kosh, Mature).
Episode I: A Stirring of Ashes by proton104 (Star Wars, Babylon 5, Battlestar Galactica crossover, Mature).
in the night, afraid of what might be by spacebubble (G’Kar/Londo Mollari, Gen).
Shattered Anna by the stargate time traveller (K+).
The Time Loop of Babylon 4 by the stargate time traveller (K+).
BEHIND THE GLOVE SERIES by pallasite:
Another Attempt at Fixing Kevin Vacit’s Backstory (Teen and up).
UPDATED:
BREAKWATER by eusuchia (Franklin/G’kar, Teen and up).
The Human Minbari War by Chris Alexander the Bearded (K+).
Telepath Wolf (Season 2) by OriginalHealer (Susan/Talia, Teen and up).
Podfic:
Fandom is a city by cantarina (meta, Gen).
Fan comic:
Babylon 6 Episode 4: Driving Forces by Jameson9101322 (Various, Gen). Check it out! It’s a good story.
Fanart:
I am changing up the fanart selections since I use Deviantart for most of my art posts. For the foreseeable future I will feature one artist a week and maybe include a small sample of their work with a link.
G’Kar by Sycra.
Bio of the week:
Wayne Alexander appeared several times on Babylon 5 but his two most iconic roles were that of Sebastian in Comes the Inquisitor and Lorien in Season 4. He was a stage actor then made the switch to tv and movies. He did several other roles on B5 as well as some other tv shows. He was also a fight coordinator for the stage.
News and articles:
**Is Babylon 5 the Most Influential TV Show of the Past 25 Years?.
*Jessica Walter Dead at 80 Jessica Walter played senator Elise Voudreau on Season 2, Episode 6 - Spider in the Web
*Babylon 5 – The Extravaganza is a fan event on March 20, 2021.
*Babylon 5: Why the Sci-fi Series Ended with Season 5
*How to Watch B5 remastered online with or without HBO Max.
*Babylon 5 streaming on HBOMax These are the newly available ‘remastered’ B5 eps. I have read that the NEW is not new enough to spend a fortune on and I’ve read that it’s the greatest ever. Here is a comparison. Not going to subscribe to HBOMax or buy the digital versions from Amazon for $150.00 for this.
Communities and members:
***
b5_revisited will begin rewatching Season 4 on April 5th. If you’d like to write the summary/lead the discussion for an episode – go here and sign up: at Dreamwidth OR at Livejournal.***Episode 4 – Falling Toward Apotheosis and the Mirror is Here.
***Episode 5 – The Long Night and the Mirror is Here.
***medusa cascade is watching and commenting on Season 1 of Babylon 5. It’s her first watch.
*B5 Prompts on Tumblr is a good place to find story ideas.
*There is a Babylon 5 Discord server here: https://discord.gg/NAK4ywU with lots of chat about B5 and such.
*Babylon 5 Facebook Page: Come join us and start a conversation.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/1643505239288376/
Here is a list our communities at Dreamwidth - all posts are mirrored at from LJ to DW:
Babylon 5 Revisited
Babylon 5 Love
Universe Today
*NOTE* All announcements are posted at the mirror Livejournal communities as well.
Books:
**JMS has a novel coming out in July 2021 - Together We Will Go.
*JMS has a new book about writing coming out in June 2021 - Becomong a Writer, Staying a Writer.
* Beaming Up and Getting Off: Life Before and Beyond Star Trek.
*Lost (and Found) In Space by Bill Mumy and Angela Cartwright – A pictorial memoir
*Have You Seen My Country Lately?: America’s Wake-up Call by Jerry Doyle – similar in style to his radio show.
*Diplomatic Act by Peter Jurasik and William H. Keith, Jr. A novel about an actor playing an alien.
*Pleasure Thresholds by Patricia Tallman. She has updated this one and it is available for Here: https://www.questretreats.com/pleasure-thresholds-order/
*Frontier Earth by Bruce Boxleitner is a fiction aliens and cowboys tale.
*Claudia Christian’s Snack Hacks at Amazon.
*Becoming Superman: Get it at Amazon.
You can also buy the Audible version there OR the Cd version with Peter Jurasik reading it.
Fun things:
***Claudia Christian newsletter: Sign up here
If you have Facebook, ‘like’
*The Zocalo Today is a great place to read news and fun stuff from fans.***
*Babylon 5 Facebook Group is a fan group. It is quite busy, with over 17,000 members.***
*I have started a new Babylon 5 page at Facebook and we are eager to get new members.
Babylon 5 Fans and Friends is a new group. Come join us!
** May Birthdays**
Theodore Bikel - May 2
Michael O'Hare - May 6-- We miss you old friend
Stephen Furst - May 8
Melissa Gilbert-Boxleitner - May 8
Bruce Boxleitner - May 12
Andreas Katsulas - May 18
Andrea Thompson - May 22
Doug Wise - May 21
Douglas Netter - May 23
Paul Winfield - May 22
Roy Dotrice - May 26
Harlan Ellison - May 27
Send us your news~!
